The David Hasselhoff 5 cycling organization is having a Sheldon Brown Memorial ride Wednesday Feb 6 @ 10:30 pm in Cape Girardeau, MO. If you happen to be in the area and are interested, drop me a line. davidhasselhoff5@yahoo.com

Hollie and MetalCowboy in Portland, OR are getting together an Annual Sheldon Brown Memorial ride for April 1 starting this year. Check out the plans and add suggestions on BikePortland . Hoping others will consider annual rides on April 1.

"Instead pouring some out for our homie Sheldon Brown we’re going to travel up City Creek Canyon this Thursday night for our homie Sheldon Brown. Leaving Cyclesmith at 6:30pm. Join us for an hour or two of some good spirited, Sheldon Brown inspired, fat tire fun. It shall be a rolling memorial for a true genius of all things cycling.

NYC ride is organized! to honor all that Sheldon Brown did- sharing his passion and knowledge- many of us owe our bikes to him in some way.

Meet at North entrance of Prospect Park in Brooklyn (across from the arch) on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Noon to ride to Coney Island and back via the bike path. Grab your bike, or dust off the one you save for special events and join us...

> My suggestion would be to dedicate our April 1 rides to Sheldon's> memory and spirit. And I'd urge it to be on that date regardless of> the day of the week. It seems even more appropriate to show up to work> on a bike in memory of Sheldon.

John Gorentz added:

> And on that day we could all wear plastic eagles on our helmets to> signify what it is that we're doing. It might give us an opportunity> to explain things to other people.

> There's no reason it would have to be the exact same plastic bird that> Sheldon wore. Be creative -- like Sheldon was.

Kent Peterson also adds:

A couple of thoughts. We are doing this in Seattle. This year April 1stis a Tuesday. Folks will gather at the Seattle Bikestation at 6:00 PMand then do a celebratory ride down to Bike Works in Columbia City. BikeWorks will be having one of their regular work parties that eveningwhere folks work on refurbing and repairing bikes for low income kids.

I've been looking around for a source of eagles for helmets. As near asI can tell, these guys:

http://www.flagguys.com/ornaments.html

have the same model eagle that graced Sheldon's helmet.

And while I appreciate the sentiments of those who wish to honorSheldon's memory by doing an MS ride, I'm not sure that is the tributeSheldon would have wished. See his writing here:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/thons.html

I'm looking forward to seeing hundreds of cyclists around the globeriding in celebration of Sheldon's life and work.

Sheldon was hero to me! He is sorely missed! I have made tribute stickers so everyone can ride with Sheldon always! The response has been overwhelming for these free stickers!!! its great to see how many people loved and respected him! www.bikepunk.com